Ep 927 - God's Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World II Part 17
God’s Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World II - May 10 2023
Key Points
· The movement to realize a society of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universally shared values, in which mankind becomes one family, breaks down barriers in their hearts, and removes even the borders between nations on a cosmic level, begins with a single family.
· First, individuals who center themselves on God’s Will.
· Then, a couple united in oneness centered on God’s Will.
· Then, a family with three generations living together in harmony, supporting one another and becoming one in love.
· Then, a nation that centers itself on God’s Will.
· And finally, all of humanity, one great family centered on God’s Will.
· To be an individual centered on God’s will, you must believe and trust in him completely.
· We are children of God. Put God’s work first and do what he wants, then the other things will be yours as well. It’s a guarantee from God.
· Don't worry and ask yourselves, "Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?"
· God is responsible for them. They are God’s portion of responsibility. Your portion of responsibility just concerns God’s nation and God’s will.
· Unless Abel, the younger brother, restores Cain with love, centered on God’s will, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
· This is the inevitable destiny which the providence is leading now. From the providential perspective, the church is the realm of Abel and the nation is the realm of Cain.
· The ACLC's mission is to unite all established churches and secure Abel's position, then unite with the UPF and the US government, centering on the Family Federation.
· From this standpoint, ACLC is the providence that internally unites the realm of Abel, and UPF is the external providence that unites the realm of Cain.
· Looking at Korea, the established church is to become one with the government and the Will of Heaven in order to move toward America.
· Based on this foundation, the United States must also advance forward or they will be ruined like Rome.
· Looking at the lives of True Parents as a couple, True Mother followed True Father like a shadow, and True Father always attended True Mother with all of his heart.
· After True Father and True Mother's Holy Wedding, True Father did not make decisions alone, but called True Mother and discussed with True Mother before making decisions.
· One of True Father's creeds after the Holy Wedding was, 'I do not decide alone, I decide everything only when True Mother is happy with it.'
· True Father did not even dream of a life without True Mother by his side.
· There has never been any sage in history who has guided all of their peoples together as a husband and wife the way True Parents have done.
· Did Jesus show the people this life as a couple? Did Confucius set an example as a couple? Did Muhammad show his true nature as a couple? Did Buddha Shakyamuni show his life as a married couple? Did Socrates set an example as a couple?
· No one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven alone.
Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files. ♦
Today I’d like to talk about “God’s Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World II, from True Mother’s Anthology 2”.
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God’s Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World II
Our ultimate purpose is to find and establish the nation that seeks after the Will of God and whose citizens all serve God as the center. What would that nation be? It would be the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World. It would be a nation that resembles the form of a true family with three generations living together in harmony, trusting, respecting and supporting one another and becoming one in love. In short, it is the nation that humanity has desired throughout the ages, the Utopia where God is sovereign. This means we need a movement to realize a society of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universally shared values.
We need to make humanity one great family, by breaking down the walls in our hearts and eliminating even the boundaries between nations. This movement begins from one family. Therefore, each of us should bear in mind that it is our providential calling to form and establish a true family. This is the way we can advance the establishment of the cosmic peace kingdom on earth. Indeed, all this is coming to pass. In the Middle East, one of the world's tinderboxes, Jews, Christians and Muslims have found the resources in my husband’s philosophy of peace to engage in a new dimension of dialogue. In past decades his Unification Thought played a decisive role in ending the Cold War. Now he is successfully leading behind-the-scenes efforts to bring about the reunification of our homeland of Korea.
Our ultimate purpose is to find and establish the nation that seeks after the Will of God and whose citizens all serve God as the center. What would that nation be? It would be the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World. It would be a nation that resembles the form of a true family with three generations living together in harmony, trusting, respecting and supporting one another and becoming one in love.
The movement to realize a society of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universally shared values, in which mankind becomes one family, breaks down barriers in their hearts, and removes even the borders between nations on a cosmic level, begins with a single family.
Today, let's look at what Jesus said in the Bible about the nation, God’s Kingdom of Heaven, that seeks after the Will of God.
God’s Nation and Will: Matthew 6:25-33
25 I tell you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing?
26 Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than birds?
27 Can worry make you live longer?
28 Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes.
29 But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them.
30 God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?
31 Don't worry and ask yourselves, "Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?"
32 Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in Heaven knows that you need all of these.
33 But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.
Amen, Aju. This is so beautiful and very powerful. Our ultimate purpose is to find and establish the nation that seeks after the Will of God and whose citizens all serve God as the center.
The purpose of Jesus coming to this earth was also for God’s nation and the Will of God. Reading the contents of this Bible verse brought about a great change in my life. I was struggling so much when I became a missionary. Going here and there. Many things to deal with, such as financial issues, and I wanted to settle down. Struggling not just with my mission, but taking care of my children and family. I was struggling and struggling.
The important content within Jesus' words is to seek the nation of God and His Will. Then, what remains is that God takes responsibility for everything. So you don't have to worry about what to eat, what to drink, or what to wear.
Wow, those words really changed my concept and caused a paradigm shift in my life. I said okay, Heavenly Father, I just want to consider your will, I just want to live centering on your will. I just want to focus on your Nation and your will, on your righteousness. As for the rest, you have to be responsible for me. Okay Heavenly Father? When I was young I talked to God like that! But, my brothers and sisters, it really works! I completely stopped focusing on what to eat, what to drink, and what to wear. Like now, my style, as you know, is focusing on Morning Devotion as my entire daily life. When I focus on that, centering on Jeongseong, God really provides everything. Jesus’s words were true. No need to worry about what to drink, what to wear, what to eat.
God cares for and nurtures even the smallest, insignificant things. How could He leave his own children alone? After hearing these words, I felt completely liberated. I really believed I would no longer have to worry about what to eat, drink, or wear. So I fully believed in this word and decided to seek only God's nation and Will. This means that God is in charge of everything.
So let’s look at these words. ‘Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Our Father in heaven knows that we need all of these.’ Why do we worry about such things? Because we don’t know God’s will, we don’t really believe in God. Jesus said don’t worry about ‘Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?’ Jesus said more than anything else, put God first. Put God’s work first, and do what he wants. Than the other things will be yours as well.
This bible verse really changed my life, changed my concept, really saved me. Liberated me from worrying about financial matters. God takes care of the birds, of the plants. Do you think birds worry about what to eat, what to wear what to drink? Do trees worry about that? We Human Beings should be better than All things. We are children of God. It’s a guarantee. Put God’s work first. Put God first and do what he wants, then the other things will be yours as well. This means God is responsible for them. They are God’s portion of responsibility. Your portion of responsibility just concerns God’s nation and God’s will. Animals can’t do that; Nature can’t do that. As human beings, only people who do not know God are always worrying about what to eat, what to wear, what to drink. Your Father in Heaven knows that you need all of these.
This Bible verse saved me.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Eschatology 7 Human History is the History of the Providence of Restoration 3 – Trends in the History of Conflict
· Third, examining trends in the history of conflict.
· Battles over people, territory and property have continued without interruption, expanding their scope in step with the progress of human society.
· The scale of these struggles has broadened from the family level to the levels of tribe, society, nation and world until today, when the democratic world and the communist world confront each other in a final conflict.
· This final war will primarily be a war of ideologies. Hence, the new truth which can reconcile religion and science will emerge and bring about the unification of the communist and democratic worlds.
In Order to Establish the Realm of Abel, We Must Bring the Realm of Cain to Voluntary Submission
<105-334> The history of Cain and Abel is the history of conflict. The history of conflict occurred because Cain, that is, an older brother didn’t listen to a younger brother. And the same is true of the world we live in, right? The older brother wouldn’t listen to the younger brother, which left a stain in history. Therefore, it is necessary to make the older brother voluntarily listen to whatever the younger brother wants. However, nothing is for free. That’s why there needs to be a sacrifice. Abel needs to get hit, sacrifice, and shed blood.
It is necessary for Cain and Abel to restore through indemnity on the individual level, on the family level, on the tribal level, on the ethnic level, on the national level, and on the world level. Therefore, the whole world has been divided into two parts. We can see that even within a nation the ruling and opposition parties fight each other, right? Originally they should not fight. They need to be one. When we look at the world today, it is divided in this way: the left wing and the right wing, materialism and spiritualism. However, they should not be divided. They are one.
Then, what is history? History is to stand in the position of Abel by bringing Cain to voluntary submission. On the victorious foundation of Abel on the individual level, he must form a family to stand on the victorious foundation of Abel on the family level. Do you understand? Then, he must stand on the victorious foundation of Abel on a tribal level. In order to do that, he must bring tribal-level Cain to voluntary submission. He must subjugate them and become one in heart with them. Without that, there can be no tribal realm Abel.
Do you think I just keep still because I am silly? I need to bring them to voluntary submission, and become one with them naturally, not by force. The reason why I shed blood, sweat and tears is to restore Cain. There is no way to enter the Kingdom of Heaven without restoring Cain. That is the mission of the Messiah. To restore Cain on the individual level, on the family level, on the tribal level, on the ethnic level, on the national level.
The Messiah had to come on the national level. Jesus had to come based on Judaism and Israel which was the nation of the realm of Cain. From the providential perspective, the church is the realm of Abel and the nation is the realm of Cain. Therefore, if, centered on the Messiah, Judaism had become one with Israel which was the nation of the realm of Cain, they could have moved toward the realm of Cain on the world level, that is, the Roman Empire. At that time, in the position of Cain, the Roman Empire had dominated them, acting harshly, hadn’t it? It was bound to happen.
When we look at Korea, the established church is to become one with the government and the Will of Heaven in order to move toward America. This is the inevitable destiny which the providence is leading now. Therefore, if they don’t go that way someday, they will be ruined.
The history of Cain and Abel is the history of conflict. In Cain's history, one always strikes Abel first, then occupies, and tries to take control centering on himself. On the other hand, in the history of Abel, who is in the position of a younger brother, one is always beaten, sacrificed, and filled with blood and loses.
According to the Principle, unless Abel, who is in the younger brother's position, naturally subdues Cain, who is in the older brother's position, and becomes one with Cain, he cannot restore the right of the eldest son.
Knowing that there is no way Cain and Abel can become one by fighting each other, the younger brother, Abel, must embrace his older brother and subdue him with love, no matter what the cost. Unless Abel, the younger brother, restores Cain with love, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
In order to enter the kingdom of heaven, brothers Cain and Abel must first become one. After that, married couples must become one, and then parents and children must become one.
From the providential perspective, the church is the realm of Abel and the nation is the realm of Cain. When we look at Korea, the established church is to become one with the government and the Will of Heaven in order to move toward America. Based on this foundation, the United States must advance forward or they will be ruined like Rome.
From this point of view, the ACLC's mission is to unite all established churches and secure Abel's position, then unite with the UPF and the US government, centering on the Family Federation.
From this standpoint, ACLC is the providence that internally unites the realm of Abel, and UPF is the providence that unites the realm of Cain. This is the inevitable destiny which the providence is leading now.
Yesterday I went to an ACLC conference. Those who came back to American after going to Korea to attend the Unification ceremonies, most of them are really on fire, full of the Holy Spirit experience. The standard of the ACLC is very different since they learned Divine Principle directly. That’s why I really encourage our brothers and sisters to explain more about Jesus’s disciples’ leadership. Appoint 12 disciple’s leadership, next 36, next 72, and next 124, until ultimately we reach 3000 Jesus’ disciples leadership. We can change all American religions centering on ACLC. ACLC is in the position of Abel to all different kinds of religions. And UPF is in the external role Cain type They need to unite, working together with American government and political leaders.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY:
True Father Who Attends True Mother
- Rev. Yohan Lee’s Testimony –
1. True Father attended True Mother like a shadow. When True Father guided us alone before his holy wedding, he guided us with love and heart. However, sometimes, he was very strict with us, and showed a fearsome personality like a tiger that does not compromise with any injustice. No one dared to challenge True Father's authority. However, True Father, who was so strict, attended True Mother absolutely after the Holy Wedding. So, all of us who followed True Father were surprised.
After the 40-year-old True Father did the Holy wedding, he attended the 18-year-old True Mother wholeheartedly. As we all know, True Father lived alone without True Mother until he was 40 years old. When True Father was alone, he held meetings or made decisions by himself. However, after True Father and True Mother's Holy Wedding, he did not make the decision alone, but called True Mother and discussed with True Mother before making the decision.
2. One of True Father's creeds that I observed while I was with him was, "It's not something I decide alone. Everything must be decided with True Mother's happiness so that I can decide too." Whenever True Father went anywhere, he always took True Mother with him. We were really surprised that True Father changed so suddenly after the Holy Wedding.
He used to decide everything by himself, but after True Mother came in, he left all the decisions to her. For example, True Father asks True Mother, 'What should I eat for lunch after the District Leaders' meeting today?' And, in the end, they go to the restaurant that True Mother chose. In this way, True Father honored True Mother.
3. Looking at the lives of True Parents as a couple, True Mother followed True Father like a shadow, and True Father always attended True Mother wholeheartedly. Even when he went hunting in the cold winter, he always took True Mother with him. And when he went out to sea, he always accompanied True Mother.
As a result, True Mother later became a fishing champion. True Mother, who was always at home, followed True Father to the mountains and the sea, living in absolute obedience to True Father. True Mother is the one who lived her entire life as the shadow of True Father. It seemed like True Father did not even dream of a life without True Mother by his side.
Through Reverend Yohan Lee's testimony, what kind of view of a couple should we inherit from True Parent's relationship?
Prior to receiving the Blessing, everyone should view their relationship with God as their life, just like True Parents. True Father always did 1-on-1 inquiries with God before his wedding. He did nothing without God's permission. True Mother also lived only thinking of God as her Father.
After True Parents got married, they lived attending each other absolutely. After the 40-year-old True Father got married, he devotedly attended the 18-year-old True Mother.
After True Father and True Mother's Holy Wedding, True Father did not make decisions alone, but called True Mother and discussed with True Mother before making decisions.
One of True Father's creeds after the Holy Wedding was, 'I do not decide alone, I decide everything only when True Mother is happy with it.'
After the Holy Wedding, True Father left all of the decisions to True Mother.
Looking at the lives of True Parents as a couple, True Mother followed True Father like a shadow, and True Father always attended True Mother with all of his heart.
True Mother, who was always at home, followed True Father to the mountains and the sea, living in absolute obedience to True Father. True Mother is the one who lived her entire life as the shadow of True Father.
True Father did not even dream of a life without True Mother by his side.
What is our married life like? Seeing True Parents' life as husband and wife, I come to reflect on many things myself. There has never been any sage in history who has guided all of their peoples together as a husband and wife.
Did Jesus show the people this life as a couple? Did Confucius set an example as a couple? Did Muhammad show his true nature as a couple? Did Buddha Shakyamuni show his life as a married couple? Did Socrates set an example as a couple?
True Parents were pioneers. In order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, you must enter as a pair. You cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven alone. No matter how good you are, like Jesus and Confucius, Muhammad, Buddha Shakyamuni, Socrates. Sages and saints. Even at that kind of level, they could not enter the Kingdom of Heaven without being a pair.
True Father showed the life of the pair system. When I think of Father’s life, his and True Mother’s life as a couple. I really want take care of my wife very well. How about you? True Parents showed that kind of love.
Through the lives of True Parents, we learn once again that the purpose of our lives is to become a true couple and finally become true parents.
Thank you very much.
(Living Testimony, Christopher Bush, Korea experience)¨
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